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Newsday
09/11/2020 05:06 GMT: Biden lays out plans for US
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The President-elect says Covid is his top priority, with the number of infections still rising. Show more
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Newsday
09/11/2020 06:06 GMT: US Election: Trump continues to refuse to concede
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
President-elect Biden prepares for office despite ongoing legal challenges - including setting up a coronavirus taskforce Show more
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Newsday
09/11/2020 07:06 GMT: Biden starts work despite Trump's refusal to concede
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
US President-elect Joe Biden will announce a coronavirus taskforce later today Show more
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HARDtalk
Leopoldo Lopez: An opposition leader in exile
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez left the country last month and found refuge in Spain. Has he lost faith in the opposition's ability to win their struggle? Show more
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Business Daily
US Elections: How will Biden approach the economy?
18 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
A Biden presidency faces myriad legal challenges and an economic crisis before it begins Show more
Witness History
The Guerrilla Girls
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The women who launched an anonymous poster campaign against sexism and racism in the art world in the 1980s. Show more
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The Documentary
DNA and me
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
What do at-home DNA test kits tell us about our identity? Show more
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Comedians vs. the News
Joanna Hausmann and Njambi McGrath
28 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Comedy stars from Venezuela and Kenya take on the US election. What can Americans learn from Kenya’s Presidential power games? Show more
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Trending
How to be a social media star… without the internet
18 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
When the Indian government shut down the internet in Kashmir last year, no one believed it would go on for this long, including local social media sensation Wasil. Show more
More or Less
How deadly is Covid 19?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Tim Harford explains why there isn’t one single death rate. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Outlook
CJ Daugherty’s world of literary escapism
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Books were the best-selling author’s “magic carpet ride out” of an abusive childhood home. Show more
Witness History
The Guerrilla Girls
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The women who launched an anonymous poster campaign against sexism and racism in the art world in the 1980s. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Newshour
09/11/2020 14:06 GMT: 'Milestone' vaccine offers 90% Covid protection
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer says its experimental coronavirus vaccine has shown itself to be more than 90% effective in preventing infections. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 09/11/2020 15:32 GMT: 'Milestone' vaccine offers 90% Covid protection
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The first effective coronavirus vaccine prevents more than 90% of people getting Covid-19. Show more
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BBC OS
2020/11/09 16:06 GMT: New COVID-19 vaccine offers 90% protection
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Drug developers Pfizer and BioNTech describe new vaccine as a great day for humanity. Show more
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CrowdScience
Why are elephants so big?
31 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
In an episode dedicated to the curious minds of our younger listeners, Marnie Chesterton investigates the size of pachyderms among other enquiries Show more
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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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World Business Report
First broadcast 09/11/2020 22:32 GMT: 'Milestone' vaccine offers 90% Covid protection
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The first effective coronavirus vaccine prevents more than 90% of people getting Covid-19. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Witness History
The Guerrilla Girls
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The women who launched an anonymous poster campaign against sexism and racism in the art world in the 1980s. Show more
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The History Hour
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The murder of the Israeli prime minister in 1995; Germany's "Occupation Babies"; nude theatre in London and New York. Show more
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Business Matters
Investors react to potential Covid vaccine
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How global stock markets responded to news of a potential coronavirus vaccine Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The Documentary
India's missing children
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Rajini Vaidyanathan searches for one of the many Indian children who’ve been trafficked into slavery and hears how the pandemic is fuelling demand for child labour. Show more
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Outlook
CJ Daugherty’s world of literary escapism
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Books were the best-selling author’s “magic carpet ride out” of an abusive childhood home. Show more
Witness History
The Guerrilla Girls
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The women who launched an anonymous poster campaign against sexism and racism in the art world in the 1980s. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Discovery
Birds: singing for survival
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How birds are adapting their calls to be heard Show more
